#thinkery

Death of the Saturday Job

What did you learn from your Saturday Job? I used to pick potatoes for my uncle - which taught me…

9 years ago

School and Work

Following some table discussions, this thought emerged about the gap between school and work - and how learning and earning…

9 years ago

Work Experience

This was a comment by Jamie Dunn which resonated with me. Surely there are better ways to give young people…

9 years ago

Social Ties

I really enjoyed listening to George the Poet talk about social ties within the community he grew up - both…

9 years ago

Outbreak of Hope

Here's another thought emerging from a conversation at @dotcomrades - with reference to the vote for Independence in Scotland. I'm…

9 years ago

A Guide to British Weather

This is my understanding of British Weather. As an Irishman, I'm perfectly qualified to make such judgements...

9 years ago

CAST – Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology

I'm big fans of Kieron Kirkland and Dan Such - both ex Nominet Trust - and their desire to see…

9 years ago

An Organic Teaching Routine

I met @urban_teacher recently and he asked me to apply a visual metaphor to his teaching routine. I'm not sure…

9 years ago

Planning Buckets for Scope

I created this image to go with Doug Belshaw's blogpost on "Setting an Agile School Rhythm" ...

9 years ago

Setting an Agile School Rhythm

This was very much an off-the-cuff image for @dajbelshaw's DML post - but I'm really happy with how it turned…

9 years ago